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Equitable Growth supports research and policy analysis on how inequalities in wages, bargaining power, and the evolving labor market affect workers’ economic security and opportunity as well as broad-based economic growth.

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Too many workers have been left behind as the benefits of growth increasingly accrue to those at the top of the income and wealth distribution. Equitable Growth supports research to improve our understanding of what is driving these trends, who is affected, and what policies can boost wages for all workers, provide for safe and equitable workplaces, develop pathways for upward mobility, and encourage stronger economic growth and stability.

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How union contracts are protecting U.S. workers from automated management and surveillance in the workplace

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Lessons from past trade adjustment policies to support displaced workers in the era of artificial intelligence

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Expanding eligibility for Unemployment Insurance helps low-income U.S. workers find better jobs

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How artificial intelligence uncouples hard work from fair wages through ‘surveillance pay’ practices—and how to fix it

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Adoption of generative AI will have different effects across jobs in the U.S. logistics workforce

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A primer on monopsony power: Its causes, consequences, and implications for U.S. workers and economic growth

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Business dynamics on American Indian Reservations: Understanding the role of the gaming industry and secondary employment growth

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Do social norms around pay influence the wage-setting behavior of firms?

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Workers in the board room: The causal effects of shared governance

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Getting labor markets right: Occupational mobility and outside options

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Disentangling gender gaps: New evidence from personnel records

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Do higher wages improve health outcomes? Evidence from nursing homes and minimum wage reforms

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Research finds the domestic outsourcing of jobs leads to declining U.S. job quality and lower wages

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New research shows California Paid Family Leave reduces poverty

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Extensive nonstandard work hours among U.S. low-income mothers hinder their kids’ enrollment in center-based childcare

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JOLTS Day Graphs: June 2019 Report Edition

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Equitable Growth’s Jobs Day Graphs: July 2019 Report Edition

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How U.S. companies harm workers by making them independent contractors

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Joanna Venator

Boston College

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John Schmitt

Economic Policy Institute

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Johannes Schmieder

Boston University

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Sydnee Caldwell

University of California, Berkeley

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Kanika Arora

University of Iowa

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